These days, women who need some toy action have their Jack Rabbits. What would a comparable toy be for men? Think of tools. Think of the Fleshlight. This masturbatory device looks like a flashlight on the outside, but on the inside you will find a soft, artificial mouth, vagina, or rectum that you can use on your lonely nights away from the worksite, or when you're away from your significant other for a few days, or when you're fighting with him or her and you don't anticipate any makeup sex for quite some time.

On its Website, Fleshlight calls itself the "#1 selling male sex unit in the world." Basically, it's a fleshlike insert housed in a plastic flashlight-style case. When you use it, you leave it in the case. When you take it out, you'll notice that it looks a bit like a jellyfish, or some other sea creature (perhaps the last thing women want their vaginas compared to). There is a cap on the bottom, which you can adjust to help regulate suction and collect your sperm after you cum. There are several different inserts available, which you can see on the Website. You can get a mouth, a vagina, a butt, and a non-descript slot. You can also get inserts whose tunnels are ribbed, bumpy, and extra tight.

The company won't say what the product is made of, but it feels a lot like cyberskin, that realistic-feeling material that approximates the feeling of a vagina.

I tested the vagina model. The one given to me to test was smooth on the inside. For the vagina model, the lips were very realistic, both visually and tactilely. I licked them up and down. I rubbed my mouth on them. Aside from the industrial smell, they were just like the real thing. If you need to bone up on your pussy-licking skills, the vagina Fleshlight may be a good investment for you. After lubing up my penis, I rubbed it on the lips, noticing how they offered much the same sensations as my girlfriend's labia. When I pushed my penis inward, they enveloped it in the same way hers does.

I imagine most men hold the Fleshlight in their hands as they use it. I tried that and didn't like it. It's pretty wide and long, and my thighs frequently bumped up against the shell. So I put it between the mattress of my bed and the frame, made some adjustments to tilt the angle upward, and achieved an okay fit (more tinkering will be needed). That way, I could insert my cock and lie on my stomach on the bed and thrust away.

The sensation was much like that of a vagina. The material moved about my cock in much the same way. It enveloped me, too. Even without the muscle contractions, the juicing, the moaning, the "I love you"s, and the musky smell wafting upward, I still got a very pleasurable experience. In fact, I ejaculated more quickly than I normally do.

Cleanup was only slightly more hassling than with my other artificial vaginas. You have to remove the insert and wash it with warm water, and of course, clean your sperm out of the cap. Then you let it dry.

You can go to the Website to see a video on how to use the Fleshlight (it won't show the actual penetration, though). Also, there is a FAQ section and discussion board. You could spend a lot of time discussing and learning about the various versions available.

All in all, it was a good sex toy to use when you need instant relief.